Spinner opens from top and not from bottom

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[You can perfectly see the problem here, the drop downlist opens from the top of the spinner and not from the bottom and I don't know what to do, couldn't find any solution on google either, please help me] sorry for external image link, for some reason it wont load the picture here..

here is my spinner code:

<Spinner
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_below="@id/rgGender"
android:entries="@array/months_array"
android:textAlignment="center"
android:id="@+id/spMonth"
style="@style/Base.Widget.AppCompat.Spinner.Underlined"/>

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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This would happen if the item which inflates the spinner is close to the bottom of the screen.

Since the spinner would not have enough room (or just barely enough room) if inflated downward, it is inflated upward instead. Try putting the spinner higher (vertically) in the layout.

It depends on Screen size, If you test it on other device it will show at down/up.

I suggest you to test it on different devices.

you can use custome adapter if you want

<Spinner
...
android:overlapAnchor="false" />

Please check this answer and this answer

edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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answered Sep 27 '16 at 17:53

Amit Vaghela

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tell me if still in confusion.@shay mishali – Amit Vaghela Sep 27 '16 at 18:08
that was my first thought then I created an adaptor to make it smaller and still it poped out from the top while clearly it had enough room to go lower. the overlap did fix the problem but how about changing the height of the dropdown list? so it will be smaller and then it will appear the same on all screens but you will just have to scroll. – shay mishali Sep 27 '16 at 18:19
Nop. It will adjust as per device that is not an issue. – Amit Vaghela Sep 27 '16 at 18:22
i want to make the size of the drop down 80dp, is it possible? – shay mishali Sep 27 '16 at 18:23
ok, i don't mind, I just want it to have a normal size, it's ugly when it opens the whole list. please tell me how to do that – shay mishali Sep 27 '16 at 18:28
Use wrap_content and give padding 5dp – Amit Vaghela Sep 27 '16 at 18:31
use custom adapter describe in link – Amit Vaghela Sep 28 '16 at 03:53

Spinner opens from top and not from bottom

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